Reviews for Perl Black Book (Black Book (Coriolis Group Books Paperback))

1. Indispensable

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, March 12nd, 2006

   By far and away the best general-purpose Perl reference I have ever read. Well structured, comprehensive, succinct code examples and enough amusing interludes to let the technical content breathe (they also serve as an effective means of rephrasing the problem scenario).
   I got my work to buy this book. When I left the company, I bought my own copy. It's that good.

2. Comprehensive Perl Tutorials and Solutuions

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, February 12th, 2001

   This book covers almost every aspect of Perl from basic language syntax to cgi scripts. The only thing I would like to see added is coverage of the DBI database module. While the book does not cover every detail of Perl I think it does live up to its claim to be to be the only Perl book you will ever need. You would need to buy more than one O'Reilly title to cover the material in this book. At the moment I am happy to fill in any gaps in the book from the online documentation. The only other Perl book I think I might buy is Programming Perl by Larry Wall.

   I enjoyed the structure and style of this book. Each chapter has a short technical overview followed by lots of practical examples, which is how I learn best. This and the chatty style kept me interested and I virtually read it from cover to cover.

   I think this book will suit you if you: - Are new to Perl but have some programming experience. People who have not programmed before might find it skates over to many basics. - Like to learn by example; - Dislike long technical explanations; - Only want to buy one Perl book and - Are happy to fill in the details from on line documentation.

3. Excellent! Almost comprehensive.

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, September 12th, 2000

   Started learning Perl from Perl and Cgi for the World Wide Web. Great but basic. The Perl Black Book is detailed. It is also amusing. The format is Deleting a Hash Element, What's the Difference between my and local? Accessing Arrays of Arrays. This makes finding what you need easy. Also makes the book easy to dip into. Covers almost everything!

4. Best Book on perl I ever read!

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, September 12th, 2000

   This book is very detailed comprehensive coverage of the the perl language's syntax, along with over 1000 programming examples with in depth CGI coverage

   It contains detailed source code whuch will ensure you're well familiarised with Perl's standard syntax.